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Bernard Douby
(COMEDIENS / CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
76 Rue de la Villette, 75019 Paris, France

A genuine all-rounder, Bernard Douby is a classically trained pianist, dancer, actor, comic, and mime artist. He wrote and starred in his own one man show, which he performed 8 times during the beautiful evenings of the Avignon Festival and around the world (Japan, Mexico, USA, Germany, Poland, Argentina, Brazil and USA). A regular on the stage at comedy festivals, he also played more traditional roles in productions by William Shakespeare, Josef Topol, Federico García Lorca and Harold Pinter. On TV screens he appeared in the film La tour Eiffel qui tue (1966), and various small parts in TV series.

Marcel Lagorce
(Trompette)
37 Rue de la Villette, 75019 Paris, France

A veteran of over 60 recordings, Marcel Lagorce was one of the greats of French classical trumpet, alongside his good friend Maurice André. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1951 and won 1st prize for cornet in 1954, then 1st prize for trumpet in 1955. In 1956 he joined the French Republican Guard Band. From 1957 to 1967 he was solo trumpeter in the radio symphony orchestra, which became the ORTF philharmonic orchestra. Lagorce was a member of the brass quintet Ars Nova, founded in 1964, and was solo trumpeter with the Orchestre de Paris (1967-1993).

Jean-Paul Carrere
(REALISATEURS DE TELEVISION)
10 Rue Carducci, 75019 Paris, France

With more than 60 directing credits to his name, Jean-Paul Carrere had a successful 35 year career, almost exclusively in TV movies and series. He started the 1960s directing Gisèle Pascal in the lead role of Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan, and ended the decade with Edwige Feuillère in L’Échange. Carrere became a specialist in television series and soap operas, and his work on Jean de la Tour Miracle (1967) enjoyed great success, launching the career of the young Patrick Dewaere. A lover of the arts, he joined the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD), the Society of People of Letters (SGDL), and the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers (SACEM ). He was also a lecturer at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art (CNSAD) in Paris.

Jacques Dambrois
(PRODUCTEURS ET PRESENTATEURS DE L’O.R.T.F.)
10 Rue Carducci, 75019 Paris, France

One of the forgotten talents of the 1960s music business, Jacques Dambrois (real name Raphael Ambroise Jacques Olivari) wrote the song lyrics for big and small stars of the decade. Well known Rock N Roll artists of the time like Johnny Hallyday, Les Chaussettes Noires, Eddy Mitchell, Les Chats Sauvages released 7” EPs of his songs, as well as lesser known artists Gary “L’ange Noir” Et Ses Démons, and the masked group, Danny Boy Et Ses Pénitents. During the late 1960s Dambrois’s lyrics were adopted by a wave of female artists including Delphine Desyeux, Anne-Marie Nebot, and Sylvie Patart. He worked on the bond spoof operetta SO6 with Jo Moutet and with Les Fingers guitarist Jean-Claude Olivier, both fellow 19th arrondissement residents.

René Bériard
(COMEDIENS)
38 Rue Fessart, 75019 Paris, France

Actor René Bériard learnt his craft at the Conservatoire Renée Maubel in Montmartre before going on to have a long career, first in theatre and then in television. Early appearances on the stage included at the Théâtre des Arts, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier and at the Théâtre National de Palais Chaillot in the 1930s and 40s. He really hit his stride with a string of appearances in TV films and series from the late 1950s to the 1970s, largely in supporting roles. Perhaps his lasting legacy to the world of entertainment was his skill as a dubbing artist. He doubled the French voices of Peter Cushing, Basil Rathbone, Denholm Elliott, John Gielgud, Roddy McDowall, and Klaus Kinski as well as a number of high profile animated films. He was married to actress Jacqueline Moresco.

Claude Ciari
(CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)
25 Rue Pradier, 75019 Paris, France

French guitarist, composer and actor Claude Ciari had a worldwide hit with his debut solo release, La Playa, in 1964. Previously he played lead guitar with one of Paris’ best instrumental bands, Les Champions, who recorded several discs for Eddie Barclay. They were a popular band on the daily radio show Salut les Copains and caught the attention of Gene Vincent when he came to Paris in 1962. Ciari wrote many of their hits, including Rendez-vous Au Golf Drouot and Le Train. Claude Ciari left France in 1967 for Japan where he married and became a famous guitarist and entertainer on various TV shows. He gained Japanese citizenship in 1985. Ciari has made more than fifty records and written music for TV dramas and soundtracks.

Théâtre Le Guignol de Paris du Parc des Buttes Chaumont
Av. Jacques de Liniers, 75019 Paris, France

The Punch and Judy theatre in Buttes Chaumont was run by the same family from 1912 to 2008. The theatre was started by Alexandre Cony, a collaborator of the great Georges Méliès. It was originally called Guignol de Paris (remaned Guignol de la Guerre during WW1). Some of the theatre’s marionettes were created by the famous puppet maker Lemercier de Neuville, who bequeathed his whole collection to Gaston Cony, the president of the OEuvre Nos Marionnettes, and son of Alexandre. Gérard (Gaston’s son and Alexandre’s grandson) first performed at the theatre in 1932, aged 6 months old, and would eventually run the theatre until his retirement. It is still in operation today.

Nicole Favart
(COMÉDIENNES)
14 Rue Clavel, 75019 Paris, France

A popular name in cinema and television dubbing, Nicole Favart is famously the French voice of actress Diane Ladd. She originally made her name in theatre, particularly in the early 1950s with appearances in Molière’s Le Misanthrope, and Un chapeau de paille d’Italie, the five-act comedy by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel. About the same time she took her first tentative steps in voice dubbing, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that her reputation grew throughout the film industry. She doubled Natalie Wood (A Certain Encounter, 1963), Mia Farrow (Rosemary’s baby, 1968), and Katharine Ross (Butch Cassidy and the Kid, 1969) during the decade. She has gone on to have a 70 year career in the dubbing world.